Beirut As Seen From The International Space Station
Our friend Mahmoud Ghazayel emailed the ISS asking them to send him the latest image they took of Beirut from above and this is what he got. Click for the larger image.
Beirut Has Always Been A Wonder City
The New7Wonders results were out yesterday and Beirut was "voted" as one of the new New7Wonders cities. It's funny how we spent millions of dollars campaigning for Jeita and it lost, while barely anyone campaigned for Beirut and it won. In all cases, this whole New7Wonders thing is useless and we don't need them to tell us Beirut is a great city. I am wondering how Doha made it on that list though.
Beirut
Why Is Beirut’s Christmas Tree So Ugly?
10 years agoThe lights are ugly, that thing on top is hideous and the decoration is poor. Is it too much to ask Beirut’s municipality to install a decent Christmas tree like they used to do every ...
Beirut
Plane Stuck In Traffic In DownTown Beirut
10 years agoPicture via G.Cubic Update: This is apparently an old picture for a plane used in Kidzmondo. Thanks Mahmoud Ghazayel! ...
Art
The Amazing Guillermo Forchino Collection Now Available At Virgin Megastores In Beirut
10 years agoI love figurines, specially the ones that are meticulously crafted and contain a lot of details, so you can imagine how excited I was while unwrapping my “Mr Barbecue” figurine by Guillermo Forchino that Virgin ...
Beirut
How Long Till The Lebanese Traditional Dekkene disappears?
10 years agoI spotted this cool post on Al Rifai’s page talking about the Lebanese Dekkene and whether they’ve become an endangered species. This brought back a lot of memories indeed as the dekkene was the only ...
Beirut
Week6: LiveLoveBeirut’s Best Pictures Of The Week
10 years agoAmazing capture By Charbel Bouez You can follow LiveLoveBeirut on Instagram [Here]. I’m also on Instagram and you can follow me [Here] if you like. Fury of the sea – Picture via Bjaber Happy Independence ...
Beirut
2014 Good City Index: Beirut Among The 50 Most Inspiring Cities in the World
10 years agoThe GOOD City Index includes a list of 50 cities from around the world that best capture the elusive quality of possibility. Beirut was ranked 9th in 2013 and is in 10th position this year. ...
Beirut
Week5: LiveLoveBeirut’s Best Pictures Of The Week
10 years agoColorful Beirut by Matteo el Khodr You can follow LiveLoveBeirut on Instagram [Here]. I’m also on Instagram and you can follow me [Here] if you like. It will snow this Christmas – Picture by Haig ...
Automotive
Rafic Hariri Airport Flooded Yesterday
10 years ago[YouTube] I didn’t think it rained that hard yesterday but apparently it was enough to flood the whole country, including Beirut’s airport. You’d expect the airport out of all places to be ready for such ...